
Noto Peninsula Earthquake: Sake breweries collapsed and the land sank in Hokuriku, a treasure trove of sake.
The Hokuriku region, one of Japan's leading sake breweries, was severely damaged by a major earthquake of maximum intensity 7 centered in the Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture that occurred at around 4:10 p.m. on January 1, 2011. Hara Sake Brewery Co., Ltd. a sake brewery established over 200 years ago that brews locally brewed sake "Koshinohomare" in Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture,...